Survivor of California plane crash dies — leaving two teens orphaned

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-07 22:09:57 | Updated at 2026-09-07 23:12:07 1 hour ago

A California dad has died of his injuries just days after his wife and two youngest sons perished in a horrific plane crash, The Post has learned.

Craig Eady, 44, of Auberry, passed away in hospital Monday.

It comes after his flight instructor wife Danna, 41, and sons Pavel, 10, and Remus, 13, died over the weekend when the aircraft went down near Fresno.

It has left their two eldest children, Lucien, 17, and Felicity, 18, orphaned.

Craig & Danna Eady and their two youngest sons, Pavel and Remus, who were tragically taken from their family in a devastating plane accident. Supportnow.org

Danna Eady and her two youngest sons, Pavel and Remus, were killed in a plane accident. LinkedIn

First responders work at the scene of a plane crash on Saturday on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. Fresno County Sheriff's Office

A fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. on Saturday in Fresno. Fresno County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff’s deputies, Fresno firefighters and police officers respond to a plane crash on the 7300 block of N. Blythe Ave. atop the bluff of the San Joaquin River on Saturday. Fresno County Sheriff's Office

The crash happened close to Sierra Sky Park airport near the San Joaquin River just before 2 p.m. Saturday, sending emergency crews scrambling to the scene.

Firefighters, cops and sheriff’s deputies arrived to find plane wreckage on a bluff near the river as flames tore across a nearby hillside. The aircraft was a fixed-wing, single-engine plane.